The microbial transformation of phenanthrene and anthracene

Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-309

  Baboshin, M A ^a,b   Baskunov, B P ^b   Finkelstein, Z I ^b   Golovlev, E L ^b   Golovleva, L A ^a,b  

^a PUSHCHINO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anthracene; Arthrobacter; Biotransformation; Phenanthrene; Pseudomonas; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODNII;

EID: 23744506431     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11021-005-0067-y     Document Type: Article

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